Cayman Islands vs Costa Rica: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Cayman Islands
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Cayman Islands currently reports 139.31 per 100 people against 136.03 per 100 people in Costa Rica, a difference of 3.28 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Cayman Islands ranks 43rd and Costa Rica ranks 46th of 213 countries.
Cayman Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cayman Islands | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | β |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | β |
| 1980s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | β |
| 1990s | 7.85 per 100 people | 1.01 per 100 people | 6.85 per 100 people | Cayman Islands |
| 2000s | 120.34 per 100 people | 24.62 per 100 people | 95.73 per 100 people | Cayman Islands |
| 2010s | 161.23 per 100 people | 136.02 per 100 people | 25.22 per 100 people | Cayman Islands |
| 2020s | 142.52 per 100 people | 139.93 per 100 people | 2.59 per 100 people | Cayman Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Cayman Islands or Costa Rica?
- Cayman Islands, at 139.31 per 100 people against 136.03 per 100 people in Costa Rica as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Cayman Islands and Costa Rica?
- 3.28 per 100 people, with Cayman Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cayman Islands and Costa Rica?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Cayman Islands and Costa Rica rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Cayman Islands ranks 43rd and Costa Rica ranks 46th of 213 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.